By: Kiki

Kiki
Tue, 03 Oct 2017 01:29:09 +0000

In reply to J” target=”_blank” title=”/2017/09/ohio-state-to-become-first-public-ohio-college-to-cover-tuition-for-pell-students/comment-page-1/#comment-103739″>J”>/2017/09/ohio-state-to-become-first-public-ohio-college-to-cover-tuition-for-pell-students/comment-page-1/#comment-103739″>J J.

I did a little research and the Toledo program appears to be only open to students in public schools from select cities and only to students with 3.0 GPA’s or higher with a financial need as a scholarship. There are students with financial needs in private schools on scholarships that would be excluded and students falling below a 3.0 are excluded.

Since OSU plans to make this available on their regional campuses, it would be truly open and need based ONLY for those who get any part of a Pell Grant. This means a poor students with some deficiencies academically who have to start at a regional campus, can receive OSU’s solely need based free tuition. I was one of those students with a dismal high school GPA, but was lucky enough to start on the regional campus of Miami University and excelled academically and completing my degree on the main campus.

So while Toledo has had something similar and it does deserve credit for being at the forefront of this idea, it’s not for ALL Ohio students who receive Pell Grants.